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OKHAMANDAI. MARINE ZOOLOGY REPORT 



CHAN K-Fl STUNG. 



The c.hank or sliank {TvrhnH'Ua rn/rvm) is a slicll as cliaracteristic historically 

 of Okhamaiidal as tlie p.'arl (.ystw is of .lanma-ar, and altliongli neitlior this nor 

 the sections dealino- witli ntluT marine products wlii(di follow come within the 

 terms of refer-'iicc ".f my investii^ati(,n, I trust tlnit the following notes of what 

 1 learned and the impressions receive! will l)e approved and prove useful. 



Fk;. !"). — Ah adult cliank frmii the Adatra reefs, Beyt Havlxiur. X f;. 



At many places along the coast from Dwnrka to Beyt the eliank occurs in 

 sutficieiit abundance to make chank-fishing a small local industry. Since Samvat 

 1918 (a.]). 18(il) the monopoly of the fishery has vested in the Baroda Government. 

 'J'lll A.D. IS'J-'! the authorities comldned two systems of administration, renting 

 out to the higliest l)idder the chank fishery in the Lslaiid of Beyt, while the chank 

 heds of the mainlaiid (Arainra, and Meeta Bundar) were worked l»y individually 

 licensed lishermen, wlu.) paid Rs. 3 each for the privilege. Since the date 



